What famous celebrity did this Jupiter woman represent as an agent?

Dolores Dioguardi, a talent agent for 15 years, holds a photo of actor Tom Cruise, who she represented at the start of his career, at her home in Jupiter on June 26, 2017. (Richard Graulich / The Palm Beach Post)

Dolores Dioguardi is an expert in reinvention. In her 89 years, she’s been a Long Island housewife, a movie extra, a talent agent for up-and-coming actors, including a certain “Mission: Impossible” and “Top Gun” star (yes, that one), a champion club golfer and a second-time blushing bride in her 60s.

And now, she and her 97-year-old husband Philip want to reinvent the way America makes its beds - and as with everything else Dolores has done, she intends to see it through. Call it her own impossible mission.

“It”s wonderful at this age to find out that you still have something to do,” says Dioguardi, in the office of her Jupiter home, holding the very first template that Philip made out of a piece of cardboard for The Tucker, a simple-looking hand-held tool that allows the user to tuck in a fitted or flat sheet without ever lifting the mattress.READ THE FULL STORY HERE

WPBF 25 News Anchor Mark Kelly speaks with a local couple who are launching a new business well into retirement.

An invention called The Tucker, a boon to bed-makers everywhere, hinged on the broken fingernail of its designer.“I broke a nail, and hurt my hand making the bed one day, so I told my husband there has to be a better way,” said Dolores Dioguardi.

The perky 89-year-old says that at any age, “It’s hard to lift a ridiculously heavy mattress while trying to tuck a sheet under it at the same time.” She’s an admitted neat-freak and takes time from busy days at her new company and from playing golf to make her beds every day. “I’ve read all these comments from people who laugh about making beds. “‘Who takes the time and who cares?’” she quoted.

​She laughs. “I do. I am very fussy about a tidy house. We always make our bed. I believe in the old saying, ‘Messy house: messy head.’ And it’s true. It’s so much more pleasant to work in a neat and tidy space.”

She and her husband, Philip, set out to invent a sheet-tucking implement...